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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS JOURNAL
Volume 29, Issue 9, Pages 1090-1098Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/13524585231176174
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Multiple sclerosis; pregnancy; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2 infection; COVID-19 outcomes; risk factors
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In this multicenter study, researchers evaluated the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in pregnant patients with multiple sclerosis. The study found no significant increase in severe COVID-19 outcomes in multiple sclerosis patients who contracted the infection during pregnancy.
Background: In the general population, maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy is associated with worse maternal outcomes; however, only one study so far has evaluated COVID-19 clinical outcomes in pregnant and postpartum women with multiple sclerosis, showing no higher risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes in these patients. Objective: In this multicenter study, we aimed to evaluate COVID-19 clinical outcomes in pregnant patients with multiple sclerosis. Methods: We recruited 85 pregnant patients with multiple sclerosis who contracted COVID-19 after conception and were prospectively followed-up in Italian and Turkish Centers, in the period 2020-2022. A control group of 1354 women was extracted from the database of the Multiple Sclerosis and COVID-19 (MuSC-19). Univariate and subsequent logistic regression models were fitted to search for risk factors associated with severe COVID-19 course (at least one outcome among hospitalization, intensive care unit [ICU] admission and death). Results: In the multivariable analysis, independent predictors of severe COVID-19 were age, body mass index > 30, treatment with anti-CD20 and recent use of methylprednisolone. Vaccination before infection was a protective factor. Vaccination before infection was a protective factor. Pregnancy was not a risk nor a protective factor for severe COVID-19 course. Conclusion: Our data show no significant increase of severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients with multiple sclerosis who contracted the infection during pregnancy.
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